| Hand's-on Practical |
Q: What goes on in the hands on practical sessions? Do we just workout on our own or
do we receive instruction?
A. The hand’s on practical component of our curriculum is an invaluable learning
experience for our students. Over the course of the curriculum you’ll learn to design and
implement a wide variety of exercise programs, be taught new exercises and exercise
techniques, learn how to use pieces of equipment that you haven’t seen or used before,
study the theory behind functional training methods and understand how to incorporate
these tools and techniques into your fitness programming. You’ll also learn how to analyze
exercises to determine the plane and joint ranges of motion and the primary muscles
utilized and gain the confidence to instruct your clients on the proper form and technique
for a wide range of exercises.
do we receive instruction?
A. The hand’s on practical component of our curriculum is an invaluable learning
experience for our students. Over the course of the curriculum you’ll learn to design and
implement a wide variety of exercise programs, be taught new exercises and exercise
techniques, learn how to use pieces of equipment that you haven’t seen or used before,
study the theory behind functional training methods and understand how to incorporate
these tools and techniques into your fitness programming. You’ll also learn how to analyze
exercises to determine the plane and joint ranges of motion and the primary muscles
utilized and gain the confidence to instruct your clients on the proper form and technique
for a wide range of exercises.
Q. What is functional training?
A. Functional training is a resistance training method utilizing a wide variety of equipment
such as stability balls, Bosu, medicine balls, tubing, bands, weights, dyna-discs, foam
rollers and other unbalanced surfaces to condition the body’s entire kinetic chain. Unlike
traditional strength training exercises such as the bench press or lat pull-down that simply
focus on one or two muscle groups, functional training exercises tend to mimic “real-life’
movement patterns that incorporate the entire body, including the important core muscles
of the stomach and lower back.
For instance, take an exercise such as a seated leg press performed on a machine.
Although you will strengthen your lower body muscles, when in real life do you actually
use these muscles in this position? Not very frequently. So, instead of performing that
exercise, we would teach you several variations on how to do a step-up onto a bench
which not only strengthens your lower body muscles, but also has real-world carry over,
such as when you climb stairs. Add a medicine ball into the equation and you can see how
it becomes a much more functional exercise.
Or instead of performing a bench press, why not have your client put their back on a
stability ball and then do a chest press with dumbbells. They’ll still get a good upper body
workout, but since they are now on an unstable surface, they get a great workout for their
core muscles as well.
Not only are these types of exercises more effective, but they are more fun for both the
client and the personal trainer. And you can also have your client perform these types of
exrecises in their home, a place where they may not have much equpiment. In this day
and age, no one is going to pay a personal trainer to say, “Do three sets of ten reps on
the bench press,” so you need to know how to incorporate functional training exercises
into your workout design.
A. Functional training is a resistance training method utilizing a wide variety of equipment
such as stability balls, Bosu, medicine balls, tubing, bands, weights, dyna-discs, foam
rollers and other unbalanced surfaces to condition the body’s entire kinetic chain. Unlike
traditional strength training exercises such as the bench press or lat pull-down that simply
focus on one or two muscle groups, functional training exercises tend to mimic “real-life’
movement patterns that incorporate the entire body, including the important core muscles
of the stomach and lower back.
For instance, take an exercise such as a seated leg press performed on a machine.
Although you will strengthen your lower body muscles, when in real life do you actually
use these muscles in this position? Not very frequently. So, instead of performing that
exercise, we would teach you several variations on how to do a step-up onto a bench
which not only strengthens your lower body muscles, but also has real-world carry over,
such as when you climb stairs. Add a medicine ball into the equation and you can see how
it becomes a much more functional exercise.
Or instead of performing a bench press, why not have your client put their back on a
stability ball and then do a chest press with dumbbells. They’ll still get a good upper body
workout, but since they are now on an unstable surface, they get a great workout for their
core muscles as well.
Not only are these types of exercises more effective, but they are more fun for both the
client and the personal trainer. And you can also have your client perform these types of
exrecises in their home, a place where they may not have much equpiment. In this day
and age, no one is going to pay a personal trainer to say, “Do three sets of ten reps on
the bench press,” so you need to know how to incorporate functional training exercises
into your workout design.
Q. Where does the practical component take place?
A. The practical component takes place at Fitworks Fitness Center (Cleveland school) or
Lifestyle Family Fitness Center (Columbus school).
A. The practical component takes place at Fitworks Fitness Center (Cleveland school) or
Lifestyle Family Fitness Center (Columbus school).
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